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PODCAST

Still Scared: Talking Children"s Horror

Ren Wednesday, Adam Whybray

A podcast in which one film lecturer and one scaredy-cat discuss creepy, spooky and disturbing children"s books, films and tv.

tv & film

All Episodes

68:07

The Hole (2009)

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2023/05/24

Hello creepy kids! Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray are back again to discuss the Joe Dante film The Hole (2009), not to be confused with The Hole (2001), which makes much less use of its titular hole. In this lemon-and-ginger tea powered episode, your cohosts discuss skewed suburban aesthetics, creepy theme parks and scrunkly jester voices, and as a special treat go on an extended digression about Las Vegas rock band, The Killers. Content for this episode, the latter half of the film deals with

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75:04

Revenge of the Toffee Monster & Killer Mushrooms Ate...

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2023/04/18

In this warty-textured episode, Adam and Ren are joined by returning guest Willow to talk about two books by Susan Gates: Revenge of the Toffee Monster and to a slightly lesser extent, Killer Mushrooms Ate My Gran. In this wide-ranging episode, this gang of 90s kids chat about the Millennium Dome, cordyceps and the origins of toffee, and are joined by an extra special coconut-headed guest for Texture of the Week. The transcript of this episode is available here:

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59:17

Wendell & Wild

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2023/02/12

Happy new year, spooky kids, and welcome to our episode on Wendell & Wild (2022), in which Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray gawp at beautiful stop-motion and wrangle unruly plot into submission. Featuring textural interruptions, a squirm of worms and the ultimate MacGuffin, this episode is one for the goths and the freaks and the sincere appreciators of viruoso animation. The transcript is available here: https://stillscared.podigee.io/51-wendellandwild

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60:56

Moondial (Book)

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2022/12/29

Welcome back, spooky kids! In this end-of-the-year episode, Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray are talking about a suitably wintery ghost story - Moondial by Helen Cresswell. Impressionistic, atmospheric and philosophical, Moondial is a book rich in language and ideas, and in this episode your co-hosts have a tussle with conceptions of time and ghosthood, as well as sharing a rare unanimous Texture of the Week. The transcript is available here: https://stillscared.podigee.io/50-moondial-book

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60:31

Children's Horror Games

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2022/10/14

In this episode, Still Scared finally venture into the genre of video games! In this round-up episode, Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray chat about children's horror in games over the last thirty years, contemplate the inherent eerieness of early 3D, and do a quick deep-dive into Psy High, a supernatural mystery text game from 2014. A transcript of the episode is available at: https://stillscared.podigee.io/49-horror-games

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68:18

Creeped Out Season Two

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2022/09/06

In this episode, Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray finally dive in to Creeped Out season two, from back in 2019. Exploring this collection of curious tales, they detour into creepypastas and garmonbozia, and discuss the importance of checking the reviews to see if an app will steal your face. As full transcript of this episode is available at: https://stillscared.podigee.io/48-creepedout-seasontwo

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63:49

Grinny and Monster Maker

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2022/07/14

In this episode, Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray talk about two books by English writer Nicholas Fisk - Grinny from 1974 and Monster Maker from 1979. In this episode, your brave and bionic co-hosts chat about slurks and ultragorgons, wimshursts machines and UFOs and ask the question: what kind of English family have their own swimming pool??

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47:39

Nightbooks

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2022/06/08

In today's episode, Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray are reconnecting with the modern era of children's horror, to discuss Netflix's 2021 film Nightbooks, which they think is alright! Ren and Adam chat intergenerational horror, squeecore and gunge, and of course, reveal their favourite textures from the film in the Texture of the Week segment.

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73:04

Watership Down

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2022/03/29

In this episode, Still Scared tackle one of the heavy-hitters of children's horror: Watership Down! Ren and Adam are very excited to be joined by Catherine Lester, an academic who has published a book on children's horror films and is editing a forthcoming collection on Watership Down, and is consequently way over-qualified for the podcast! Together they talk about defining children's hororr as a genre, Watership Down's place in animation history and of course, take a break to discuss some

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64:35

Wilder Girls

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2022/02/07

In this episode, Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray welcome in a new year of children's horror with Wilder Girls, a Young Adult novel by Rory Power, from 2019 (but not before going on a diversion about forgotten children's TV oddity Whizziwig). Topics include The Blob, Playstation 2-era Japanese survival horror games and body horror, and Ren experiences a monent of visceral terror at the idea of attending a boarding school. Content note: -Extract with grisly body horror. - Covid chat.

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53:40

Burton's Hansel and Gretel & Selick's Slow Bob In The...

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2021/12/31

In this casual, end of the year episode your co-hosts Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray chat about two short films from early in the careers of Tim Burton and Henry Selick, respectively Hansel and Gretel from 1983, and Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions from 1991. Topics include the candy equivalent of offal, curious oranges, and cookie-cutter shuriken, and your co-hosts once again apolgoise for their incredibly erratic recording schedule but thank you all for listening anyway!

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71:54

The Drifting Classroom

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2021/09/20

Get settled in, spooky kids, because we're going on a trek across the desert wasteland into the wild and winding world of Kazu Umezu's epic manga The Drifting Classroom (and the even stranger associated film!). In this sprawling episode Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray discuss everything from climate doom to mother issues, with enough body horror, crab-aliens and random senseless death to fill your horror boots. Plus a cameo from 'Chicken George'. This episode contains spoiler for The Drifting

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72:55

The Tulip Touch and The Devil Walks

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2021/07/15

Tread carefully, spooky kids, because today Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray are discussing one of the most memorably disturbing books of their childhoods' - The Tulip Touch, by Anne Fine, and finding out that as adults... well, it's even darker. We talk about the trend in the '90s for gritty realism in children's books, ambiguous childhood games and prison abolition (yep), and end the episode with some slightly less intense discussion of Anne Fine's later gothic horror children's novel, The Devil

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64:03

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer and The Monster Garden

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2021/05/20

Gather up your tendrils, creepy creatures, and join Adam Whybray and Ren Wednesday in the desaturated '80s for some low-key but charming horror from prolific British author Vivien Alcock. This week we meet spirits, scientists and low-down male chauvinist pigs, and digress about whether you can accuratly identify ghosts with cats. A full transcript is available at: https://stillscared.podigee.io/40-vivien-alcock

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65:13

Out of Salem

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2021/03/24

In this episode, your millennial hosts Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray chat about a recent book, Out of Salem by Hal Schrieve (although it's still set in the 90s so don't worry). We discuss queer representation, body horror and imaginary zines, and one of us comes out as a zombie?? Content notes for this episode are family death, bullying, homophobia and bigotry and police violence. You can find the full transcript at: https://stillscared.podigee.io/39-outofsalem

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60:46

Eerie Indiana

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2020/10/31

Happy Halloween, spooky kids, and happy three years podcast anniversary to Still Scared! In this episode, Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray grab their oversized props and delve into the fishbowl lensed world of early 90s TV series Eerie Indiana. We chat ever-fresh tupperware, fourth-wall breaking and just how dang adorable Simon is, and of course add some more textures to our podcast vault. Thank you so much to everyone who's listened to the podcast over the last three years, we're still having a lot

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53:37

Monster House

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2020/06/29

Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray are back to discuss the 2006 animated film Monster House and be floored by the progression of time. Talking about a film that has been described as 'Shirely Jackson for kids', your co-hosts discuss concrete entombed skeletons, smelly carpet tongues and digress more times than you can shake a rotten floorboard at. Content note: Some discussion of police violence and racism in the context of recent events and the portrayal of police in this film. If you prefer to

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57:53

The Demon Headmaster 2019

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2020/04/20

This time Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray are safely ensconced in their respective houses to chat about the 2019 reboot (or possibly sequel?) of The Demon Headmaster. In full-spoiler detail for the 10 episode season we talk resistance and hypnotism, and hypothesise the existence of a super-being who creates Demon Headmasters. And as always, texture fans will be glad to catch the latest instalment of our Texture of the Week feature, this time featuring sparkly holograms. Content notes: Mentions

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47:40

The Watcher in the Woods

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2020/02/25

Well, it's no Return to Oz, but 1980's The Watcher in the Woods is an interesting if flawed curio from Disney's dark-fantasy live-action back-catalogue that hosts Ren Wednesday and Adam Whybray are keen to dip their fingers into in this episode. Featuring a brooding Bette Davis, a dog called Nerak and the spectral dancing of ominous mist, this episode leans intensely into your ear and asks: 'are you sensitive? do you sense things?'. A full transcript is available at:

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78:26

The Final Reckoning Part 2 (Deptford Mice Book Three)

Still Scared: Talking Children"s Horror ·

2020/01/07

Blood and thunder! It's a showdown for the ages. Join Ren Wednesday, Adam Whybray and Ava Foxfort as they discuss the final part of The Final Reckoning, the last book in the Deptford Mice series by Robin Jarvis. Your hardy crew discuss ice textures, brutal character deaths and mouse-based metal concept albums, as they dive into the icy waters of this most epic of endings. Content note for gory and disturbing descriptions in this episode, and some British politics chat, both of which some

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